Analyzing Similarweb (NYSE:SMWB) and Rediff.com India (OTCMKTS:REDFY)

Rediff.com India (OTCMKTS:REDFY) and Similarweb (NYSE:SMWB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Rediff.com India and Similarweb’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rediff.com India	N/A	N/A	N/A
Similarweb	-11.65%	-70.38%	-6.80%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

57.6% of Similarweb shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.7% of Rediff.com India shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Rediff.com India and Similarweb”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rediff.com India	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Similarweb	$282.60 million	0.79	-$32.94 million	($0.39)	-6.76

Rediff.com India has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Similarweb.

Volatility and Risk

Rediff.com India has a beta of 16.56, meaning that its share price is 1,556% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Similarweb has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Rediff.com India and Similarweb, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rediff.com India	0	0	0	0	0.00
Similarweb	1	6	4	0	2.27

Similarweb has a consensus target price of $8.14, suggesting a potential upside of 209.03%. Given Similarweb’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Similarweb is more favorable than Rediff.com India.

About Rediff.com India

Rediff.com India Limited engages in the online business in India and to the global Indian community. The company delivers news and information, enterprise email services, online shopping marketplace, and internet-based local TV advertising platform; and online advertising services. Its websites consist of information relating to sports and cricket; life style and movies; content on news, business, and finance; and search facilities, as well as a range of community features, including as e-mail and shopping. The company delivers its services on PCs, tablets, and various mobile platforms. Rediff.com India Limited was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

About Similarweb

Similarweb Ltd. provides cloud-based digital intelligence solutions in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, Israel, and internationally. The company offers digital research intelligence solutions for its customers to benchmark performance against competitors and market leaders, analyze trends in the market, conduct deeper research into specific companies, and analyze audience behavior; and digital marketing intelligence solutions for its customers to understand their competitors' online acquisition strategies in each marketing channel, and optimize their own strategies. It also provides sales intelligence solutions for its customers to access relevant buying signals and digital insights of their customers to generate leads quickly; and shopper intelligence solutions for its customers to analyze a view of their customers' digital journeys, monitor consumer demand, increase brand visibility in the search process, and optimize category and product level conversion in the purchase process. In addition, the company offers investor intelligence solutions for its customers to access an end-to-end view of market, sector, and company performance to ideate and monitor investment opportunities; forecast market performance; and perform due diligence. Further, it provides data-as-a-service and advisory services. The company serves retail, consumer packaged goods, consumer finance, consultancies, marketing and advertising agencies, media and publishers, business-to-business software, payment processors, travel, and institutional investors. Similarweb Ltd. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Givatayim, Israel.